Derwent Park

18.9% of Derwent Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

188 family households lived in Derwent Park; 36.2% were couple families and 27.7% were one-parent families.

43.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Derwent Park had 872 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 86.7% of occupied private dwellings in Derwent Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

32.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

25.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.3% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in Derwent Park had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

Two-person households represented 29.9%, while 26.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

58.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.1% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

One-car households formed 43.4% of the total.

49.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.5% reported a different address.

27.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

68.2% of residents used only English at home.

23.5% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

27.8% of Derwent Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.2% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

5.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.1% of ancestry responses in Derwent Park.

Australian ancestry made up 35.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

9.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Hobart rate.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.8%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

25.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.0%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.8%.

Median household income was $1,190 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Derwent Park, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 32.4% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 42.3% in Derwent Park, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.